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Autumn fungi: shaggy scalycaps, West Park

9 December 20236 December 2023 by David
Autumn fungi: honey fungus

Growing at the base of two (and probably more) of the tree trunks in West Park, shaggy scalycap mushrooms. Within the trunk, the mycelia (the not exactly roots of the fungus) will be spreading white rot, which will eventually prove fatal.

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